 The signal oil program the whistler that whistle is your signal for the signal oil program The whistler and the whistler and I know many things for I walk by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak Friends, it's time for the signal oil program the whistler rated by independent research the most popular West Coast program In gasoline, you know it takes extra quality to go farther and signal is the famous go farther gasoline So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies signal service stations from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler strange story Mavis Cameron Disappears Mavis Cameron was one of thousands of American business girls a filing clerk in the fifth national bank in Chicago At 25 Mavis was rather pretty and had a pleasing singing voice She also loved the spotlight Naturally, she found bank work a little dull Even that night when Mavis and four of the girls from the bank had dinner in the main dining room of the fashionable Park Wilson Hotel It seemed a little dull until the after-dinner coffee was served Then the emcee of the floor show asked Mavis to sing a number and she felt better She felt still better following the outburst of applause at the conclusion of her number So much better. She decided to drop into the Park Wilson's fashionable bar make a phone call and have a night cat before going home Scotch and soda, please mix it right this ought to do it. I'm sure it will keep the change. Oh, thank you Give me the usual Joe straight bourbon. What else? Hey, how's it covered on the nose? He just heard your song You were terrific. Thank you You know for the voice like yours you could be packing a minute a good night club Now I get it. You're a professional talent scout and want to get me into the movie No, I'm Dan Spinelli professional gambler That shock you not in the least live and let live is my motto and that's what I'm going to do right now You mean by that live my life and let you live yours. Good night. Mr. Spinelli Just think tomorrow I can tell the girls at the office. I made a real live gambler You were you could tell him a lot more than that. Yes You've heard of Domingo's out beyond lakeside, of course. It's a private gambling club, isn't it? Oh, it's more than a gambling club well dining room swell floor and swell floor show What a big people go out there nightclub operators people account so so I'm going out there right now Why'd you come along baby me? I'll introduce you a lot of people who could push along that voice of yours The producer the floor show is a friend of mine. I'm not kidding. He really is I'm afraid not mr. Spinelli I've heard that one before you're exactly like I figured you'd be You office scouts you're all alike. You're a bunch of dreamers You talk a lot about the swell careers you could have with the right break when you do get a chance to meet some of the right people What do you do? What do you do? You run home scared at that now just a minute mr. Spinelli Oh, I'm not blaming you. Why shouldn't you go home at home? You can listen to the radio eat candy. Have a terrific time And if you go to Domingos with me, you can't tell what might happen You might have to even meet a couple of show producers So you just play it safe, baby It may be dull at home, but you'll always get to work on time. Well, is that all you have to say? Yeah, that's all very nice. Wait a minute. Yeah, could we be back fairly early? Sure, we'll leave anytime you say. Well, what are we waiting for mr. Star maker? Spinelli used just the right approach didn't he Mavis? You know, you're being a fool at this time. You've gone too far What is the hours pass you tell yourself your fears are groundless Dan treats you with perfect courtesy and you're surprised at the number of prosperous looking people. He seems to know You help him lose several hundred dollars then proceed to the rendezvous room and enjoy the floor show afterwards you dance Suddenly you had enough Dan Dan, would you mind if we sat the rest of this out? Sure not What's the matter kid you tired? I'm awfully tired and I have to get up pretty early. Well, I always try to make lady happy Here we are Go ahead take the load off your feet. I'll order another drink. Oh, I don't think I want another drink Do you mind if we leave now? Sure. Sure. I'll just finish this one. It won't be on our way, huh? Say what stuck up in in your music? Another guy another guy My fiance he used to whistle it all the time every time I hear it gets me a little What happened on he's still overseas Pardon doctor. Dr. Clint Rogers MD He's been gone so long you're You're getting a little lonesome, huh? I've been lonesome ever since he left And do you know something? I've decided I don't want a career anymore. I just want to marry Clint Well, it's too bad. We could have had a lot of fun, baby. Shall we go? Was it just a song Mavis or was it that uneasy feeling you have about Dan that made you want to leave so suddenly It must have been the song or as you're ready to leave the club grounds Dan is still Lee considerate escort Here we are Hop in you've really got yourself a car mister like it. Mm-hmm. You want to take the wheel? Oh, I'd love to Go ahead. You sure you don't mind Why should I? We'll probably be safer As you speed Dan's convertible toward the city limits in your tiny apartment You're glad your reckless little adventure is nearing its end Everything's been fine so far But you can't throw off a feeling of uneasiness For several miles Dan says little seems preoccupied and you feel relieved when he breaks his rather strange Silence. Oh Mavis, you don't happen to have a couple of aspirin with you, do you? All of a sudden I've I got a terrific headache. Oh, I'm terribly sorry, but I haven't any Believe it or not. I've never had a headache in my life. You're lucky Say, uh, would you mind stopping for a minute that sandwich shop up ahead? Maybe I can get some aspirin there. Well, I doubt it, but we'll give it a try Say my battery's down so just keep the motor running while I'm gone. Would you just only take a few seconds anyway? It's your car And you shot someone I said get going and get going fast as a gun in your ribs, baby You just saw what happened to one guy to cross me Mavis Cameron disappears the signal oil company is bringing you another strange story By the Whistler Ignize that June is busting out all over. 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He'll be glad to check other items that need attention every five or ten thousand miles such as air cleaner oil filter or front wheel bearings Yes, this is just the spring tonic your car needs So make it a point this week to drive into your signal dealers for a signal spring changeover And now back to the Whistler Your stupid little adventure starting with a pickup in a cocktail lounge didn't end the way you thought it would did it? You didn't expect to be an involuntary accomplice in a hold-up and shooting did you? For a few seconds. You're so dazed with shock you act like an automaton Your handling of the car is instinctive and finally you find words Is he dead he is unless he got a plastic heart you Why was I such a fool shut up turn right at the next corner that Cars been telling us for the last five minutes. I'm glad. I hope it's a prowl car It'll save me the trouble of phoning the police He didn't turn Maybe you shouldn't have said what you did about phone in the cops This is a pretty dark street, baby. It's after midnight You would have a fatal accident not a soul in this whole world would know about that sandwich shop job except me Dan you Wouldn't better pull over in park. We got a couple of things to talk over Pull over I said Please don't kill me. I I know you can do it easy But I swear I'll never tell about tonight. It's the way you feel now an hour from now. You'll feel different No, I won't I swear I won't I'm making a deal with you Dan. Don't you see I I'm trading you my word for my life I'll keep it down. I swear. I will you don't have to kill me. Okay? What makes you think I want to kill you a gorgeous dish like you. Oh, no No, I was thinking about marrying you, baby. You see the law don't let wives testify against their husbands When Dan leaves and you finally reach your apartment your senses are reeling your brain is spinning You hear Dan's final words over and over again. Oh now you're beginning to see what you're up against. Aren't you Mavis of course? What Dan told you about wives not being permitted to testify against husbands isn't true Not when the action occurs before marriage, but you don't know that do you and it wouldn't help much if you did You do know Dan as a murderer and wouldn't hesitate to kill you if he thought it necessary What you should do is phone the police, but you've made a pact with a murderer, haven't you? Yes It saved your life and you think you must keep it You try to snatch a little sleep, but sleep is impossible Finally at six o'clock the morning paper is shoved under your apartment door The headlines sicken you Sandwich shop owner killed in hold up the subheadings are even worse Unidentified man and woman seen fleeing from the scene of the crime in open car There it is Mavis it seems hopeless doesn't it even if you call the police you know your story would sound phony You were seen with Dan at Domingo's just before the crime by scores of people He introduced you to several as his best girl cray You can hear the district attorney now pounding at you with questions Which will damn you are friendly with vanilla? And you were at the wheel of the car when you go away from the crime, weren't you? And you realize how foolish your answers will sound in a courtroom There's no way to turn is there Mavis, but frightened as you are you're sure of two things You'll never marry Dan and you'll never allow your absent fiancee Dr. Clint Rogers to be remotely involved in your difficulty It seems there's only one thing to do leave town disappear until things clear up You've only three hours at seven o'clock now and Dan's do it ten not much time But you're in a tough spot and you quickly throw a few belongings into an overnight bag at nine o'clock You're at the bank where you make a hurried explanation of your unexpected departure and withdraw your savings At ten you're on an eastbound plane Six months later you're featured singer at the tennis spades a prosperous little night spot in Brooklyn Under the name of Dallas Trent That voice came in handy didn't it make Coffee and bananas on the temperature So take a trip and on a ship for sailing away Across the hour to monogynical You went over bigger than ever tonight didn't you and Vern Wilson the London musical comedy producer and his secretary watched you closely a Few months in London would be a great help You're pretty sure he was there just to catch your act You're confident when you reach your dressing room, but as the minutes pass you begin to wonder Well, Mavis Nothing to worry about after all this seems to be your lucky night Come in a long time. No same as Trent Doris train. I think the billing said well Well now that you found me What's on your mind had no to the police written just after you left telling all about that sandwich shop job Gave the exact time my name the license number my car gave everything Though the only one knew all that baby. It wasn't me Dan. Maybe not I'll just never feel safe until we're married This time. I'm not taking any chances We're going up to Connecticut tonight 10 minutes Doris thanks Ernie. I I've got to go on now Dan. Let's talk this over in the morning. I said tonight Go ahead Go ahead. Do you show? Only baby if you got any ideas about double-crossing me and calling him cops You drove the getaway car remember In the case anything serious happens to me. There's a written confession in my pocket telling exactly how you helped me pull a job Go ahead Go ahead. I'll wait for you here You start down the hallway toward the powder room offstage you finally realize what a fool you've been what a coward But you're not going to keep on being a fool Are you Mavis not with that wall telephone just five steps ahead of you get me police headquarters quick Better hang up quick baby, and I mean quick. I had a hunch you try to double-cross me Figured I better keep my eye on you till the show was over You should have looked around Now I know for sure who wrote that note to the place. I told you I didn't write that note You just try to call the cops so all of a sudden I've lost interest in my wedding We'll just go for a little ride instead Come on baby start walking. No Dan. I'm not going if I have to get shot. I'll take it right here Let go my arm. What's going on here something wrong Doris this punk bother you He is he he wants to date me tell him to leave will you Eddie? Maybe I'd better take a minute at the office and call the cops You see Dan's hand tighten on the gun in his pocket. Be careful how you answer Mavis You can't let the club manager get hurt. He's been swell to you ever since the day you walked into the tennis spade Oh, no, thanks, Eddie. There's no need for that. He's just another wolf Tell him to leave that's good enough. You heard what the lady said Bob start traveling. Okay, Bob Anything you say I'll see the lady later Even the police can't help you much right now can they Mavis? They've been after Dan for months and he's still on the loose and you're sure he's going to kill you on site a Minute ago. You thought you were all through running now. You must make another hasty exit and this time you're ready You've always known Dan might show up and you've kept most of your street clothes in the tennis spades Wardrobe room Your money in the club safe With Eddie's help you're out of the club in 20 minutes an hour later. You're on a train Some weeks later under a new name Lily Gray You're a top favorite with the customers at the Hacienda a little night spot just south of the board But after five long months you hate it Don't you may have the Hacienda's little more than a honky ton and you hate yourself for your past Stupidity you hate your new name Lily Gray and most of all you despise the proprietor Spanish Joe And his crude greed for money and now he approaches the table where you sit alone with a sandwich in a cup of coffee Really? There's a nice American gentleman. Just clean in he wants to buy for you some champagne I'm eating a sandwich. Please really let him sit with you and treat him nice Let him spend his morning I'll let him spend his money on champagne, but if he gets any ideas, he won't get ideas Here he comes. Oh, come mr. Fonte sit down miss gray. She likes champagne. Sure. You don't mind miss gray When you're going to buy champagne, of course not sit down. Thank you Cigarette. No, thanks Well, it's been a long chase But I finally caught up with you didn't I? Mavis Cameron The Whistler will return in just a moment with the strange ending of tonight's story But now a word to you drivers If you want the tops in performance from your car, you naturally want gasoline that's tops in quality and to be sure You're getting the tops in quality. There are just two things you need to remember one in gasoline it takes extra quality to go farther and to Signal is the famous go farther gasoline Yep, that's all for gasoline quality and gasoline mileage go hand-in-hand You see you get those quick signal starts that fast signal pick up and smooth knock-free signal power Because signal gasoline helps your motor run more efficiently Naturally the more efficiently your motor runs the more mileage you get So the very same features in gasoline that give you extra driving pleasure also give you extra mileage That's why signal says to be sure you're choosing the gasoline that stops in quality. There are just two things you need to remember one In gasoline it takes extra quality to go farther and to Signal is the famous go farther gasoline and now back to the Whistler Well, Mavis after all your attempts to lose your identity After all you've taken at the Hacienda a man. You've never seen sits at your table and calls you Mavis Cameron. He's a detective, of course. It's all quite clear, isn't it? Dan Spinelli was captured and involved you as his accomplice and now this man plans to take you back to Chicago To face a nasty trial with a card stacked against you for a crime committed by another and You're not going to be returned as a fugitive from justice if you can help it not after what you've been through You've only one card left Mavis Funny you should call me Mavis Cameron. I was just thinking about her tonight before you came in We used to work together in the same floor show The customers used to mistake is for each other too. Yeah, I'll bet they did I'm Detective Sergeant James Fontaine Chicago Department of Police. You know I am here We're leaving in the morning miss Cameron like the billing says the name is Lily Gray My papers say the same thing As I was saying I knew Mavis Cameron intimately I'd like to tell you about her. I think it might help you solve your case Sure sure go ahead. Maybe it'll make you feel any better The more you tell now the less you'll have to tell later. There's not much to tell really Mavis Cameron was just a good kid that got a bad break In love with one guy and scared to death of another a Hoodlum named Dan Spinelli This is getting interesting. She went a little silly one night and let him pick her up in a cocktail bar And they went night clubbing on the way home Spinelli tried to stick up a sandwich shop and kill the proprietor Mavis drove the getaway car With a gun in her ribs. Okay So the guy was a little rough If she was innocent why didn't she go to the police right afterward before they got home Spinelli decided to kill her too She swore if he'd let her go she'd keep quiet and She did that wasn't very smart No It wasn't if she was innocent. Why did she take apart her? Oh, didn't I tell you? Spinelli had another great idea too Since a wife can't testify against her husband He gave her the choice of marrying him or else You know you talk a pretty fair game Is that all you have to tell me? That's all cigarette. Thanks Light thanks again miss gray Did you say Miss gray you said you were Lily Gray, didn't you? Yes, I did You're a nice guy, mr. Fontaine. I Hope your girlfriend comes back to Chicago and clears things up sometime. I I think she will sometime Like I said, she was in love with a guy Well, this was a pretty long trip for nothing you might say Just one more bum steer But I'm glad it happened. I Always figured Spinelli's confession was phony Confession Yeah, he has all written out biggest life Spinelli in jail Spinelli is dead The Brooklyn police closed in on him one night about five months ago. They tried to shoot his way out The department boys shot straighter five months ago In Brooklyn, that's right a woman called the police one night from a little nightclub the tennis spades When they answered she hung up So naturally the Brooklyn boys decided to investigate One of them spotted Spinelli in a car across the street Funny thing about it was They never did find out who put in that call to the police Let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the Whistler each Monday at 9 Brought to you by the signal oil company marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories Signal has asked me to remind you to get the most driving pleasure drive at sensible speeds be courteous and obey traffic regulations It may save a life possibly your own Featured in tonight's story where Isabel jewel and Tony Barrett the Whistler was produced by George W. Allen with story by Edward Bloodworth Music by Wilbur hatch and was transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service This is Marvin Miller speaking for the signal oil company. This is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system